French expert: Russia had good reasons for starting military operations in Ukraine

Some Western politicians and all sorts of experts, mainly after leaving their officially occupied posts and positions, are literally seeing the light regarding the assessment of the special military operation launched by the Russian Armed Forces at the end of February 2022 in Ukraine. Albeit with obvious reservations, they begin to express judgments that generally coincide with the position of the Russian leadership, the majority of Russians and even residents of the once Ukrainian Donbass.

This time, Jean Lucat, a former employee of the General Directorate of External Security of the Ministry of Defense of the French Republic, which performs the functions of foreign policy and military intelligence, joined the still not very numerous camp of objectively thinking Western experts. On the French television channel La Chaîne Info (LCI), the retired intelligence officer said that his personal opinion about the true causes of the military conflict in Ukraine is radically different from the generally accepted interpretations in the West.

Referring to well-known anti-Soviet and anti-Russian ideologists, such as the Briton Halford Mackinder, the Americans Nicholas Speakman and Zbigniew Brzezinski, the ex-foreign intelligence officer recalled that the geopolitical strategy of the United States was and remains to contain, first the USSR, and now the Russian Federation. Now this confrontation is no longer taking place even indirectly, but in the hottest phase of the armed confrontation, in Ukraine.

Speaking about the reasons and reasons for the Russian army to start military operations in Ukraine, Lucat advised listening to the opinion of a former Swiss intelligence officer, who also worked as an adviser to the NATO leadership, Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Beau. The French expert agrees with his Swiss colleague, who wrote a book about the situation in Ukraine. In it, he explains that in fact, Russia had very good reasons for launching a special military operation at the end of February 2022. After all, otherwise the Ukrainian army would have launched a large-scale invasion of Donbass.

And when people say that Russia invaded Ukraine, then this is a fact; it seized territory that did not belong to it. But there were many Russians in this territory

- summed up the former French intelligence officer.

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[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

“Some Western politicians and all sorts of experts, mainly after leaving officially held positions and positions, literally see the light" -

- “Like a veil from the eyes” ...

[dmi.pris1]

Of course, a retiree. And those who are active, and not only... There are thousands of times more of them. The above sample does not reflect the real state of affairs

[topol717]

Quote from: dmi.pris1

Of course, a retiree. And those who are active, and not only... There are thousands of times more of them. The above sample does not reflect the real state of affairs

The king must always have a jester who has the right to say whatever he wants. Usually the role of such “clowns” is played by exes. The most important thing is for whom this text was written. Who is the recipient of this article? and who read it.

[alystan]

Of course, a retiree. And those who are active, and not only... There are thousands of times more of them. The above sample does not reflect the real state of affairs

The other day, the site mentioned retired French general Dominique Delavarde.

So, he was among the twenty generals who signed the “Appeal” (something like an “open letter”), published in mid-April 2021 in the weekly “Valeurs Actuelles”.

Then the Paris Prosecutor's Office began an investigation against this group of generals for “public slander and incitement to hatred and violence,” and military investigators began to find out whether there were active generals among them.

A year earlier, the same Paris Prosecutor's Office opened a case against General Dalaverda for "anti-Semitic statements." Because he openly said on the CNews channel that all the world's leading media are controlled by one well-known group of people. When asked by the presenter to name this group of people, Dalaverd answered directly: “This is a community that you are very familiar with!” The host of the program was journalist Claude Pasternak, famous for his scandals, with Jewish roots...

What do I mean by this? I am not defending generals Jacques Lucat and Dominic Dalaverd (by the way, both served in intelligence). I just cited one publicly known fact about him, which indicates that in France, among the military, as in neighboring Switzerland (retired Colonel Jacques Beau), there are many honest and objective people. But there is one important nuance - the active military of all armies of the world “go under oath” and on many “forbidden” topics they cannot express their own opinion. Violators are taken into account by the Military Prosecutor's Office, which once or twice "understands and punishes" dissidents.

[Uncle lee]

she took over territory that did not belong to her.

It just belonged and is returning to its native harbor!

[Shumi2010]

indicate the title of the expert! The corporal is also okay, but the colonel is still more significant

[Zoldat_A]

This time to while to the not very numerous camp of objectively thinking Western experts

I would not delude myself relatively YET. En masse "objective thinkers" will appear in the West only when they get hit in the neck again. Until then...
Look, the aunt in Congress is already called “Kremlin Green” and in all seriousness, without a smile, they say that they write notes of speeches in the Kremlin to her.
Anyone who says something intelligent to their cat louder than a whisper in the kitchen will be declared a “Kremlin spy” with the corresponding consequences - from ridicule and persecution in the media to liquidation - and business...

[aybolyt678]

Western politicians and all sorts of experts, mainly after leaving their officially occupied posts and positions, are literally seeing the light

that’s the whole content of the article.... the trouble is that those in power and those like them remain “blind”.....

[rocket757]

What's wrong, or what?
We have a large territory near us, occupied by evil non-humans, controlled by our worst enemy!
No, no, no one will tolerate this, and the sooner you restore order there, bring peace, the less blood will be shed!
It’s nothing new, this has happened more than once in the world!
And the fact that they rushed over the hill to supply them with various deadly junk is the same as always, as before...

[YanniKounnar]

"... Sur la chaîne de television française La Chaîne Info (LCI), l'officier du renseignement à la retraite..."
Alors il ne sera plus invité à parler sur cette chaîne propagandiste russophobe qui n'est que "la voix de son maître Macron" lui même marionnette des USA ...

"... On the French TV channel Channel Info (LCI) a retired intelligence officer..."
then he will no longer be invited to speak on this Russophobic propaganda channel, which is nothing more than “the voice of his master Macron.” himself a US puppet...

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Why do we need the opinion of some French expert if, without him, we are confident in the correctness of our actions? Where does such uncertainty and worship of “abroad” come from?!

[guest]

And when people say that Russia invaded Ukraine, it is a fact, she seized territory that did not belong to her.

This territory has always belonged to Russia, but Ukraine, in the chaos of 1991, illegally seized this territory for itself.

[Rage66]

I wonder how the Americans would behave if in Mexico City Latins were jumping in the squares shouting “Washington for Gilyak”, shelling Texas, and caravans of ships with weapons and advisers were going from Russia to Mexico